To briefly review the purpose of this study, we are addressing how to discern the times from the perspective of answering three ultimate questions:

1)  What is happening?

2)  What is not happening?

3)  What can we do about it?

    Using these three questions in a crisis can help us stay on course to rightly confront and overcome it. In answering the third question—what can we do about the situation—we are also considering the question many Christians are asking—what should they be doing—both as Christians and as citizens. Sometimes what we can do is different from what we...

With the recent passage of the “hate crimes” bill in Congress, the persecution of the church in America by its government has begun. We can expect it to begin slowly, but we need to prepare for an onslaught because it is coming. 

    Of course, all Christians should be against hate and crime. Many who voted for this may indeed think that is what they are trying to eradicate, but as is now very often the case with our Congress, few seem to examine all of the potential consequences of such legislation. This bill is probably the biggest attack...

   
   
    We continue to address one of the most important questions of the present time: Should Christians devote their energy and resources to shoring up the crumbling foundations of governments and institutions or devote these to preparing the way for the coming kingdom?

    You may have noticed by now that I have rephrased this question each time, which I am doing because it is a multifaceted issue. I have also given my answer to this question—we should always seek the kingdom first because this is a clear mandate from the Lord Jesus Himself. However,...

We are still dealing with some of the important questions being asked in this time, such as: If the foundations of the nations are crumbling, is it not a waste of time to try to shore them up? Why should we not spend our effort and time in building the kingdom and just let the world crumble as it is destined to do?

    We have already discussed our mandate to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world, so if the earth is falling into increasing darkness, it is because our light has failed....

We are dealing with some of the most important questions being asked at this time: If the foundations of the nations are crumbling, is it not a waste of time to try to shore them up? Why should we not spend all of our efforts and time in building the kingdom and forget about the nations that are doomed anyway?

    If we are in the time of Daniel 2, when the statue that represents all of man’s empires is crumbling, and the little stone that represents the kingdom is growing into a mountain and will keep growing until...